Oksana Chusovitina and Dana Torres have redefined what is possible for people over the age of 30 in competitive athletics. Oksana won a silver medal in the vault and Dana Torres won a silver in the 50 meter freestyle. Both of these events were assumed to be the domain of the young.

I wonder whether this will change the nature of the kind of athletes we see at the Olympics.

Who needs 13 year old gymnasts, we have 30+ year old gymnasts!

And if Michael Phelps is still swimming at 40 and still winning medals at 40, we may be looking at a ridiculously large haul of medals…